20 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Pretty Woman’

It doesn’t seem real that it was 25 years ago when the most unlikely on-screen couple found true love in Pretty Woman. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere‘s chemistry was the stuff Hollywood romance is made of, and the movie remains a classic among rom-com lovers.

1. The original title for Pretty Woman was 3,000, the amount of money agreed upon between Julia Roberts’ character, Vivian and Richard Gere’s character, Edward for a week of service.Touchstone Pictures/Giphy

10. On the movie poster, Julia Roberts’ head was Photoshopped on famous body double, Shelley Michelle. Additionally Richard Gere’s hair is brown in the poster, but in the movie he’s graying.Touchstone Pictures

13. During Vivian and Edward’s love making scene, Julia was so nervous, a huge vein popped up on her forehead and Gary Marshall had to get in bed with her and Richard to massage it until it went down.Touchstone Pictures/Tumblr

15. Gary Marshall got Julia Roberts to laugh during the scene where she’s watching I Love Lucy by tickling her feet out of frame.Touchstone Pictures/Giphy

16. Julia Roberts fainted on set due to only eating a single avocado over the course of two days.Mommyish.com

17. Hector Elizando was cast in the movie as the hotel manager because he is deemed Gary Marshall’s good luck charm for every movie he directs. His rate was too high for the studio so Marshall paid half of it to have him in the film.Touchstone Pictures/Tumblr